[sword-devel] HTML Designers / Papyri Database

[David Overcash]

I can't use IE because I'm a linux user and setting it up with wine
probably wouldn't be too enjoyable...  but it has a free beta out
right now:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/default.mspx

Cheers,
David

On 8/11/06, Troy A. Griffitts <scribe at crosswire.org> wrote:
> Thanks for the IE7 recommendation DM.  Does anyone have IE7 who can try
> the page and let us know if it works?  The problem I'm seeing on
> IE-whatever-came-on-my-system-here, is that when zooming in and out, the
> region boxes get all misplaces and mis-sized.  And it flashes like crazy
> too, which is just annoying.
>
> I think I have the doctype set to XHTML strict.  There really isn't much
> XHTML in there-- it's mostly all javascript.
>
> Keep the suggestions coming.
>
> I'm thinking of catching keypress events to modify the selected
> character.  Maybe add a popup keyboard in the appropriate language, in
> case you don't have a Unicode input method installed for your OS.
>
> Need to streamline input, maybe using rightclick to append a new box at
> the mouse cursor.  This would result in transcription iterations being
> something like: rightclick, resize, keypress, repeat.
>
>
> DM Smith wrote:
> > I suggest developing against IE 7, if possible. I don't know if it
> > would be any better, but
> > IE6 is so far behind in proper JavaScript, CSS and "box" model
> > support. that it'd be a shame
> > if it did not show significant improvement.
> >
> > BTW, make sure your page has a proper doctype to force IE to use a
> > "proper" box model.
> > Otherwise, it will use "compatibility" mode.
> >
> > On Aug 11, 2006, at 6:27 PM, Troy A. Griffitts wrote:
> >
> >> Ugh!  Frustrated after trying in IE.  What a disappointment.
> >>
> >> Troy A. Griffitts wrote:
> >>> Still slow going...
> >>>
> >>> I have a new iteration up which includes the additions of:
> >>>
> >>> Zooming (mouse wheel)
> >>> Injection of linked text field to the box (for now, just shows
> >>> sequence
> >>> number-- no input method).
> >>> Current box selection on click of either.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> http://crosswire.org/~scribe/papyriedit/transcribeLevel1.jsp
> >>>
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